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before we find

a place to stay, all right?

Let's do it.

Cool.

Hold on.

We made it to Nashville.

Hold on. I'm gonna

make a left here, I think.

That's the Ryman!

That's Ryman right there!

Bobby, shoot the Ryman!

I'll be damned, man.

I think we're comin' up

on the alley.

That's the backstage, man.

I think that's

the backstage entrance.

I gotta find me a place to park.

Oh, man...

Who's playin' tonight?

I have no idea.

Oh.

It must be further down.

'Cause that's tootsie's, man.

This is the backstage entrance.

- Hi there.

- Can we help you?

Are y'all open tonight or...?

We are,

but go around to the front

and buy a ticket, man.

Oh, okay.

There's a show tonight?

Yeah.

Who's playin'?

Umphrey's McGee.

Oh, okay, cool.

Have a good night, pal.

Nice to see ya.

Who's playin'?

Humphreys Mcg...

I don't know him.

Who's Humphreys McGee?

He's playin' tonight.

We just got in, but...

They wouldn't let us through.

He said, "have a good night."

Basically,

"get the hell outta here."

Well... Man, we got

that close, you know. Whew.

You know how many artists

come down here, man?

Come down these stairs

and walk right across the street

and go to tootsie's

for their beer after.

I mean, Hank Williams,

Kristofferson, you name it, man.

Standin' outside the mother

church of country music.

You know how many times

I listened to the grand ole Opry

from here, man?

They also did every episode

of the Johnny cash show in here.

I mean...

I can't believe this.

Hot damn.

Gee whiz. I mean, heh...

Holy mackerel.

This is unbelievable.

Let's find a place to stay.

This place look all right

to y'all?

- Sure.

- Yeah, it's fine.

Will you hand me

my coat back there, Mike?

Here you go.

Get us a couple rooms, huh?

All right, I'll start unloading.

Yeah, let's grab the gear first,

then we'll come back

for the bags.

Howdy.

You got two rooms available?

I'm gonna do two eggs

over-medium, if I can,

and some well-done bacon

and a side of well-done sausage.

It comes with home fries

and toast, okay?

Sure. Yeah.

White toast?

You got any biscuits or no?

Sold out for the day.

Okay, no problem.

Crispy bacon, sausage,

over-medium breakfast.

Oh, if you've got

maple syrup on the side,

that'd be great.

Well, my name's Sherri,

so if you need anything,

let me know, okay?

Hey, Sherri, I'm Wheeler.

Bobby, you want anything?

I'm good, man.

We grabbed somethin' earlier.

All right.

I have to ask,

what's up with the camera?

Oh, it's just my buddy Bobby

and his friend Mike,

they love

shootin' things. Mm!

Your toast is on its way.

Thank you, Sherri.

Looks good.

So what's up with the syrup?

Oh, uh...

My daddy ate this way

since I was young,

so he got me started on this.

Pork and syrup, nothin' like it.

Pork goes good

with about anything.

Mm.

You a musician, or...?

I'm a singer-songwriter.

I'm gonna try to play a few

open mics while I'm down here.

Why not?

You're in the right spot.

Yeah.

We just took a drive.

Needed to get out of town

for a little bit.

That's always fun.

Mm.

I like taking a map, hitting it,

decide where to go from there.

Yeah. Done a few

of those trips back in the day.

That was incredible. Thank you.

I'm glad you liked it.

Thanks, Sherri.

I'll see you next time.

All right.

Have a good day.

Welcome to music row.

Music row is to music

what wall street is to finance,

what Madison Avenue

is to advertising

and what Hollywood is to film.

And it's not just

about country music either.

All types of music

are represented here.

At the center of the circle

is a very famous sculpture.

The sculpture's called musica.

It's caused

a lot of controversy.

We're considered the buckle

of the Bible belt here.

We have over 800 churches.

A lot of our church leaders

didn't want that to be put up.

Some of them are still tryin'

to get it to be taken down.

I've taken a different approach.

I think it's great.

It's right here at the entrance

to music row.

I think it serves

as a great reminder.

A reminder to all of us

that you might only

lose your shirt in music,

you might lose your pants,

as well.

That's my take on it.

On the left is a very famous

recording studio.

It is called RCA studio b.

Studio b is where Elvis Presley

did most of his recordings.

And some of the other artists

who recorded here at studio b:

Pat Boone, the Louvin brothers,

Jean Shepard, Jan Howard,

Bob wills, bill Monroe,

Carl Perkins, red Foley

and kitty Wells.

Ferlin Husky, Jimmy Dean.

Grandpa Jones recorded

t for Texas here.

Porter Wagner, Dolly Parton,

the Everly brothers,

Mel Tillis, Roy Orbison,

Willie Nelson recorded here.

It just goes on and on.

Right now,

in front of us is curb records.

And we have a curb songwriter on

the tour today, Bobby Tomberlin.

Bobby's written great songs.

Songs recorded by artists like

Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson,

a great song by diamond Rio...

One more day,

a number-one hit.

It crossed over to the adult

contemporary and pop charts.

One of the great songs

I just heard you sing

was at little Jimmy dickens'

funeral.

You wrote that for little Jimmy

and his wife, Mona, correct?

Yeah, I did.

Yeah.

And such a great performance

on that song

that you did

at the funeral service.

Bobby, so great to have you with

your friends on the tour today.

Hey, thank you, buddy.

Coming up on your right is the

Quonset hut recording studio.

The Quonset hut is where artists

like Johnny cash recorded.

Bob Dylan recorded Nashville,

skyline and blond on blond.

Brenda Lee recorded here.

Loretta Lynn.

And this is the building where

Kris Kristofferson was a janitor

when he first worked

on music row.

And coming up on your left,

where Elvis Presley stayed...

I just wanted to introduce

myself. Wheeler Bryson.

Hey, I'm Bobby.

Never met a real time

songwriter before.

Good to meet ya.

You too, man.

I grew up, my daddy taught me

all about Jimmy dickens.

We used to listen to him a lot

on the grand ole Opry.

Yeah.

What's a big-time songwriter

doin' on a tour bus with us,

you know, in Nashville?

My buddy, Josh,

he's visiting from out of town.

Oh, all right.

How you doin', man?

Yeah, good to meet you.

Yeah, we were just out

takin' the tour.

Man, it's a pleasure.

Yeah. What do you do?

I'm a singer-songwriter,

but not professional like you.

I... I've never been

to Nashville and came

with some buddies of mine and

took the tour, a little tourism.

But I'm also gonna hopefully

play some open mics

and see what I can get done.

I'd like to hear your stuff.

Oh, yeah?

I'll give you my number, man.

You can come down

to one of these open mics.

Sure!

Hello there!

Howdy.

What can I get you?

I'll take a bud light, please.

Bud light, that's a good one.

Thank you.

See that piano, Bobby?

Sure do.

What's goin' on

with all the bobbies?

I just met a guy named Bobby.

Bobby. Bobby's idle hour.

It's like Bobby day.

Bobby day.

Hey, sweetie, can I

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